Schlagbaum

16th century, from schlagen +‎ Baum. The former word refers to the “slamming down”. The latter is used in the dated sense of “stem, beam, pole”; compare cognate English beam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlaːkˌbaʊ̯m/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlaxˌbaʊ̯m/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial)

Schlagbaum m (strong, genitive Schlagbaumes or Schlagbaums, plural Schlagbäume)

1. barrier, tollbar (structure consisting of a long beam on a joint, used to control passage)

   Synonyms: Absperrbalken, Barriere, Schranke

• Not used for automatic barriers, which are always called Schranke.

• → Polish: szlaban
• → Russian: шлагба́ум (šlagbáum)
  • → Armenian: շլագբաում (šlagbaum)
  • → Azerbaijani: şlaqbaum
  • → Georgian: შლაგბაუმი (šlagbaumi)
  • → Latvian: šlagbaums

• “Schlagbaum” in Duden online
• “Schlagbaum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache